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Dodgers Feel Urgency, Lack Idiocy

By Ed PriceOct 20th 2009 – 4:42PM

PHILADELPHIA -- Joe Torre met with the Dodgers for 12 minutes Tuesday in the visitors' weight room at Citizens Bank Park in an effort to convince his players they are Idiots. It may not work. These are not the 2004 Red Sox. Down 3-1 in the NLCS to the Phillies, the Dodgers will try to become the seventh team to come back...

Manny and L.A.: A Happy Marriage

By Jeff FletcherApr 14th 2009 – 8:00AM

LOS ANGELES -- Manny Ramirez came bouncing down the stairs, baggy uniform and dreads flapping, and Dodger Stadium erupted.They had been waiting all winter, through months of contract negotiations that ended precisely where they began, to see this sight. The love affair between Ramirez and Los Angeles has picked up right...

The Dugout: Ghost Town

By B. Thompson StroudSep 18th 2008 – 12:43AM

This is the biggest image of Doug Mientkiewicz I could put alongside this post without going off on a sixteen paragraph rant about how it had to be the PIRATES who gave this guy a minor league contract and then were bad enough to need him in the bigs. Imagine if Kevin Maas just showed up out of nowhere playing for the...

Doug Mienkiewicz Is Incrediby Upset

By Pat LackeySep 17th 2008 – 3:00PM

Every year one or two poor veterans ends up stranded on a hopeless baseball team as they try to prove to the world they can still play and prolong their careers. This year, Doug Mientkiewicz took a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates, made their roster as a utility man, and is having a respectable year that...

Big Unit Will Put You on a Stretcher, Doug

By Will BrinsonJun 10th 2008 – 10:30AM

Baseball fights rule. We all know that. Usually though, they're not simply a result of a batter taking too long. But that was the case last night, as Doug Mientkiewicz teed off Randy Johnson by taking too long in the batter's box. Basically, Doug (we're not friends, I'm just trying to save my CTRL button) stepped out of...

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Background on Doug Mientkiewicz

Douglas Andrew Mientkiewicz ( ; born June 19, 1974) is an American retired professional baseball first baseman.

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